Merigar East New Gakyil and Annual General Assembly

The Annual General Assembly Meeting of Merigar East was held during the summer retreat entitled ‘Introduction to the practice of presence and awareness’ with Fabio Risolo in 23 August (the village name) on 29 July 2018. A new Gakyil was unanimously elected in the presence of members of the Gar, Lings and community members. We managed to enlarge the Gakyil from 3 to 6 members in order to be able to cover all the duties and activities that are necessary to support the Sangha and for the smooth running of the Gar.

As new members we would like to say THANK YOU to the previous Gakyil: Lucian Maidanuc, Csaba Molnar and Magda Ourecka (she decided to continue) who did a great job, and gave a lot of support and collaboration. We hope we can continue to improve and develop all the qualities of this place so that it can become a place for joy, collaboration and relaxation for all beings.

Tribute to Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

The Song of the Vajra

Unborn,
Yet continuing without interruption,
Neither coming nor going, omnipresent,
Supreme Dharma,
Immutable space, beyond definition,
Spontaneously, self-liberating.
Perfect state without any obstruction,
Existent from the very beginning,
Self created, without location,
With nothing negative to reject,
And nothing positive to accept,
Infinite expanse, all pervading,
Immense, and limitless, unbound,
With nothing even to dissolve
Or from which to be liberated.
Present beyond Space and Time,
Existent from the beginning,
Immense dimension of inner space,
The radiance of clarity is like the sun and the moon,
Self perfected,
As indestructible as the Vajra,
As stable as a mountain,
As pure as a lotus,
Strong as a lion,
Incomparable bliss
Beyond all limits;
Illumination,
Equanimity,
Peak of the Dharma,
Light of the Universe,
Perfect since the very beginning.

From "The Song of the Vajra", An Oral Commentary by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche,
Edited by Gina Perini